Sentence examples for plain to avoid from inspiring English sources

Hence he keeps sets sparse and costumes plain to avoid distraction from the words, and in "Julius Caesar" he allows no intermission to interrupt the tense two hours.

Glam up one feature while leaving the others plain to avoid overwhelming your look.

They crossed broad plains to avoid overgrazing any one marginal pasture.

From Illinois to Georgia to Arizona, these families are hiding in plain sight, to avoid being detected by immigration agents and deported.

One rebel sympathizer said the Qaddafi forces had switched to plain clothes to avoid guerrilla attacks by underground rebels operating in the city at night, although that could not be confirmed.

A black acryl lacquer line was drawn on the polished and plain sample surface to avoid different mineral colors affecting the measurement.

The MSNBC story suggested that Mrs. Fuld and her ilk have taken to asking store clerks to place their luxury items in plain, unmarked shopping bags to avoid the sneers of passers-by.

It's plain the government hopes to avoid the central question in this case: has private lawyer-client material improperly made its way into the hands of officials or lawyers involved in the torture claim?

As those scores were severely skewed we added a scalar of 1 to avoid plain 0 scores and then used a logarithmic transformation to get normally distributed scores for the SEM analysis.

Both leaders, appearing in front of a plain orange background, were careful to avoid sounding like conquerors.

Other social scientists have found that drug traffickers and other criminals use strategies of "hiding in plain sight" and "trustworthy connections" to avoid detection.